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Why InDesign calls double quotation mark "double quotation marks" (plural)?

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
January 7, 2022
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This might be somewhat unusual question to ask here, but why InDesign (I use InDesign CS6) refers to each of the left and right double quotation marks as plural? Why it calls each of them "quotations marks" (plural) and not "quotation mark"? I'm a foreigner and this looks wrong to me.

Type > Insert Special Character > Quotation Marks:

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Community Expert

A better question might be: Why not call straight ones ditto marks? ☺️

Mike Witherell

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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>>Why not call straight ones ditto marks?

Just don't call them inch and foot marks! 😁

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

AuroraPenticton

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Because “ is literally 2 marks so it's plural and ‘ is only one mark so it's singular.

Doe JohnsAuthor

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Well, but

* Why nobody except Adobe call them in such a way? I use English-language Internet about 10 years, and I never saw it before.

* Even InDesign uses the singular form if you press Ctrl+F to open the search window and then select grep!

* As far as I know, double is different from "two". Double is "one".